Family was always an important
aspect of Mary’s life. The start of her own family happened on June 1st
when she married Raymond Francis Carlsen. Mary has always been very caring, and
this is where she started to spread what she learned about caring throughout
her life. Mary and Raymond ended up having four children named Christopher,
Steven, Claire, and Regina. Mary started off showing that she cared for her
children by sending all of them to Catholic school to get a better education.
After Mary had her first child Steven, the doctor said that she wasn’t going to
be able to have babies because of demitriosis. Mary refused to accept that
statement because she cared for Raymond’s wishes of having a big family. Mary
was determined to have more children, so she kept going to the doctor for ten
years. After all of the consistent doctor visits, she was able to have three
more kids; Claire, Christopher, then Regina. Mary did a very nice job at
keeping her family happy. For example, my mother Regina burnt her elbow when
she was younger. She ran up to the bathroom where Mary was because she knew
what to do. Mary was able to bandage her elbow and cleanse it properly. Also
for Regina, Mary would take her dolls to the “doll hospital”. Christopher would
steal her dolls and put them upside down in the garbage cans, which would break
the dolls. Mary said that Regina’s dolls would be back to normal the next day,
so she went to the store and just bought brand new dolls. She would never let
Regina know that though. Another example can be when Claire got sunburn.
Because of the conditions of the sunburn, Mary took her to the hospital. The
doctors said to Mary that Claire would need to be in the hospital for a few
days, so Mary stayed with her. Chris also had a problem of his own. Because
Chris wore glasses, many of the kids at the school would make fun of him. Mary
would solve his problem by going to pick him up from school every day so that
way the kids wouldn’t bother him. She also signed him up for boxing classes and
boy scouts so that he could learn his about his resources, and so that he could
learn how to defend himself. Lastly, one of the hardest times for the family
was when Raymond, her husband, went on strike for nine months with the
telephone company. Mary worked extra hours, along with the help of her mother’s
money also, to keep the family supported. With the extra work, Mary was able to
provide nice clothes, makeup, toys, and school books for all of her children.
Her main focus has always been to keep the family happy.
